On decentralization and life satisfaction

Economics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-151

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a   Drehe, Axel ^b   Fischer, Justina A V ^c,d  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Federalism; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049086352     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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